Impact of Covid-19 in the Emergency Department

Impact of Covid-19 in the Emergency Department in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Nuremberg-Germany

To investigate the effects of lockdown in the Emergency Department in a tertiary health care hospital, Nuremberg, Germany.

To investigate the effect of the first lockdown caused by the pandemic of Covid-19 in a tertiary health care hospital. Klinikum Nuremberg is one of the largest tertiary health care hospitals in Germany with two locations in Nuremberg. In the north department, around 150 outcome patients visit the Emergency Department every day.

During the pandemic in 2020 the capacities of the hospitals were saved for the patients with Covid-19. A decrease of patients presented in the ED was noticed. Controlling system and patient management provided the number of cases and correlated with the same period of time one year ago, before the pandemic.

For the classification of severity of diseases, different clinical diseases with severity scores were analyzed. Following diseases and scores were evaluated:

Pancreatitis -- > ranson score; ACS (acute coronary syndrome) --> Grace-Score; Pulmonary Embolism -- > sPESI (simplified Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index); Diverticulitis --> CDD (Classification of Diverticular Disease); Pneumonia -> crb65 (Confusion- Respiratory rate- Blood pressure- age ≥ 65 years);

Inclusion Criteria:

Only patients who presented in the ED.

Exclusion Criteria:

none